Web hosting and managed technology services company, Hostway Corporation, , Debuts Free .mobi Web Site Builder

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Hostway Corporation provides domain registration, web hosting, web design and online marketing services to more than 400,000 customers worldwide. Hostway helps individuals, small businesses and large enterprises achieve more value from state-of-the-art Web-based technologies by reducing their complexity and cost. Founded in 1998, Hostway is one of the five largest web hosting companies in the world with offices in North America (Chicago (HQ), Austin, Tampa and Vancouver), Europe (Belgium, France, Frankfurt, Hannover, London and Netherlands), Asia (Korea) and Australia (Sydney).

Approved by ICANN, .mobi is a new top-level domain specifically created for Internet use on mobile devices backed by leading mobile operators, network device manufacturers and Internet content providers worldwide including: Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM and Vodafone. .mobi was created to accommodate the needs of the growing segment of mobile Internet users. To overcome the past issues experienced with accessing the Internet from a mobile device such as high bandwidth cost, low content quality, applicability and slow access, the .mobi registry has created guidelines for web sites to be compliant for .mobi.

Researchers estimate that out of 2 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide, within the next three years 1.3 billion of them will use their phones to access the Internet. Dotmobi will be the standard by which these people browse the web from their mobile device. Businesses and individuals wishing to develop a presence on the mobile Internet will adopt a .mobi extension because it is an assurance to users that their site is mobile-friendly. People accessing the Internet from their phones will choose Dotmobi sites because they offer a reliable, consistent and enjoyable mobile browsing experience.

UPCOMING HOSTWAY MOBILE FEATURES:

HOSTWAY - Mobile Site Builder
"Build and customize your very own mobile Internet site in minutes. Choose from a selection of themes and design templates and be able to upload images to share with all your friends while you’re on the go.

HOSTWAY - Mobile Blogging
Maintain your own online journal and post messages, images and videos to it at home or while you’re on the road with your very own Dotmobi Blog. Invite all your friends to join in on the fun. Mobile blogging is already one of the hottest trends in Europe and Asia. Find out what you’re missing out on.

John Lee, VP of Global Marketing of Hostway explained, ''We are confident that the .mobi revolution will take-off because it's sponsored by the most prominent mobile and Internet players in the world - the very same companies who have delivered the promise of today's information society. We want to ensure our customers have access to this new technology and therefore we're making it easy for them to design a .mobi compliant web site with our template-based Web site builder, which is currently available for free with each .mobi domain registration purchased through Hostway.''